Informative report about an important topic. A bit dry though, and does not provide sources for some key facts.

This article from the Austin Business Journal article is on the MSNBC web site. The overall U.S. data has appeared recently in many local newspapers, but this article provides much more data and includes views of those who work with the uninsured and with health care in the Austin area. No counter-opinions are given, but I'm not sure how many experts believe it is a good thing that so many Americans are uninsured...or at least would admit they do.

It is difficult to creat prose from so much statistical content and this article is an example of that challenge. The writer relies heavily on numbers with some important analysis interspersed. On a wider level, though, this article - and most stories in this topic - are based on the health industry focus of "cost shifting" and say nothing about the underlying increases in delivering health care. It seems as long as the insurance companies find ways to shift the costs of health care, the health industry will continue to raise their prices of goods and services. I guess I'm moving into the "editorial" area but I believe it is an important discussion that is not being heard.